Punching-bag and support.



No. 782, 096. PATBNTED JUNE 30, 1903.

G. S. MAXWELL.

PUNOHING BAG AND SUPPORT.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 8. 1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFIC GEORGE S. MAXWELL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO II. DURELIJ CRIPPEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PUNCHlNG BAGt AND SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iPatent No. 732,096, dated June 30, 1903. Application fi ed March 8, 1901. Serial No. 50,390. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. MAXWELL, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, in the State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Punching-Bags and Supports, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices forsupport- 1o ing punching-bags; and it has for its principal object to so support a punching-bag that its return can be regulated faster or slower at the will of the operator and the strain on the support neutralized or overcome.

I5 Theinventionconsists,essentially,ofasuitable support carrying an adjustable rebounding disk or ring, a bag-rod attached below the rebounding disk, preferably by a connection having a universal movement, and an adjustzo able bufier on the bag-rod adapted to impactagainst the rebounding disk when the bag is struck, said rebounding disk or the buffer capable of being adjusted to regulate the return of the bag.

The invention further consists of a twopart extension or cup on the lower end of the bag-rod, separated by a resilient cushion and held together by a spring.

The invention still further consists in the novel construction and peculiar arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and briefly stated in the claims.

In an application filed March 8, 1901, Serial 5 No. 50,389, I have shown and described a punching bag support provided with a rebounding ring, a bag-rod suspended on the rebounding ring, and an adjustable buffer on the rod, and such construction is not sought to be covered broadly in this application.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which the reference-numerals used in the specification indicate the same parts in the several figures.

5 Figure I is a vertical section of my invention with the bag at rest. Fig. II is a corresponding view showing the position of the bag when it is struck, portions being shown in section and portions in elevation; and Fig.

III, a detail showing a universal connection between the bracket-shaft and the bag-rod.

In the figures, 1 indicates the wallor ceiling plate of a suitable bracket, provided with the extending arms 2 2, carrying the threaded shaft 3, on which is adjustably supported a reboundiugdisk or ring 4, preferably provided with a lower surface of rubber or other resilient material. There is supported concentrically of the rebounding disk and on the shaft 3 by universal joint 7 the bag-rod or spring-rod 8, to the threaded upper end 9 of which is fitted the adjustable buffer 10, also having an upper surface, as 11, of resilient material, if desired. To the lower end of the rod is secured the upper cup or extension 18, against which is held the corresponding lower cup or extension 14 by the strong spring 15, the rubber or resilient cushion 16 being interposed between the cups. To the lower cup, as on Plate 17, is secured the punching-bag by lacing or other suitable means, 18 being the inflated bag, and 19 the cover of stronger material.

I prefera rigid rod; but in some situations a somewhat resilient rod may be used, as indicated in Fig. II. Either the rebounding disk or the buffer may be fixed in position, if desired; but it is evident-that one of the two must be adjustable.

My device is compact, simple, strong, and easy to install in convenient locations where space must be considered, as it occupies comparatively little room. By the adj ust-ability of the buffer and rebounding disk, one of which at least should be provided with a resilient contact-surface, the quickness of impact of the butter on said disk may be regulated, thus regulating the return of the bag. The arrangement of cushion-shells at the lower end of the rod reduces to a minimum 0 the strain on the bag at the point where it is attached to the rod, and, what is more important, quickens its return, the cushion absorbing thestrain of the blow and instantly returning the bag to its proper position with 5 relation to the blow.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a punching-bag, a

suitable sitpport therefor, an adjustable rebounding disk thereon, arod centrally suspended below the rebounding disk by a universal joint, an adjustable butter on-the rod, anl the bag secured to the lower end of the TO 2. In combination with a punching-bag, a suitable support therefor, an adjustable rebounding disk on the support, abag-rod centrally connected below said disk bya universal joint, and a bag secured to the lower end of the rod.

3. In combination with a punching-bag, a suitable support, an adjustable rebounding disk arranged on the support, a rod supported below the disk and concentrically therewith by a universal joint, an adjustable buffor on the rod, resilient material arranged between the disk and the buffer, and the bag connected to the lower end of the rod;

4. In combination with a punching-bag, a suitable support therefor, a rebounding disk arranged on the support, a rod supported below the rebounding disk by a universal joint, an adjustable buffer on the rod, an upper cup on the lower end of the rod, a corresponding lower cup, the bag secured to said lower cup,

a cushion arranged bet-ween the cups, and a spring connecting said cups.

5. In combination with a punching-bag, a

suitable support therefor, a rebounding disk on the support, a rod suspended below the disk, a bufler on the rod, an upper cup on the lower end of the rod, a corresponding lower cup, a cushion between the cups, a spring connecting the cups, and the bag secured on the lower cup.

6. A device for supporting punching-bags, consisting of a suitable support, an adjustable rebounding disk arranged thereon, a bagrod suspended below the rebounding disk by a universal connection, and an adjustable butter arranged on the rod, below the rebounding disk and adjacent thereto.

7. A device for supporting punching-bags,

consisting of a suitable support, a rebounding disk arranged thereon, a bag-rod suspended below the rebounding disk by a universal connection, and an adjustable buffer arranged on the rod below the rebounding disk and adjacent thereto.

Intestimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

GEO. S. MAXWELL.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. DIRKES, H. DURELL CRIPPEN. 

